There is no Article II authority to exercise war powers unilaterally and there is no Article II authority to violate the basic laws of man and God because “the president said so.”

to reiterate a point from the column trump’s pardons of fraudsters and corrupt politicians should be understood as an expression of his belief that corruption should not be a crime

Either we have a constitution, or we don’t.

If Trump can invade countries without any congressional approval without consequences, we definitively do not have a constitution.

We, the people, simply cannot allow him to get away with ruling lawlessly without consequences.